Carla Astudillo

6 days ago | crossroadstoday.com | Alejandra Martinez |Alejandra Martínez |Carla Astudillo

EL PASO — The wind swept through El Paso one day in March, lifting a fine layer of dust that settled onto windshields, clothes and skin. The air was thick with haze from a dust storm. This border city, perched on the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, receives on average less than 9 inches of rain each year. Water in the city of 679,000 people is a challenge.

1 week ago | texastribune.org | Alejandra Martinez |Alejandra Martínez |Carla Astudillo

Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. This article is part of Running Out, an occasional series about Texas’ water crisis. Read more stories about the threats facing Texas’ water supply here. EL PASO — The wind swept through El Paso one day in March, lifting a fine layer of dust that settled onto windshields, clothes and skin.

1 month ago | crossroadstoday.com | Zach Despart |Carla Astudillo

GARDENDALE — In October, Sarah Rojo found herself drowning in property tax debt. She owed $23,778 on the “dream home” she built outside Odessa with her husband, Raul, before he died suddenly in 2019. She owed $5,727 on the home with the limestone trim she acquired from her father, who passed in 2008. And she owed $22,742 on her grandmother’s pink house five blocks away, on the other side of Zavala Elementary, that she inherited two years before.

1 month ago | texastribune.org | Alejandra Martinez |Alejandra Martinez |Jayme Lozano |Carla Astudillo |Yuriko Schumacher

Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. This article is part of Running Out, an occasional series about Texas’ water crisis. Read more stories about the threats facing Texas’ water supply here. Texas officials fear the state is gravely close to running out of water.

1 month ago | texastribune.org | Zach Despart |Carla Astudillo

Key coverage Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. GARDENDALE — In October, Sarah Rojo found herself drowning in property tax debt. She owed $23,778 on the “dream home” she built outside Odessa with her husband, Raul, before he died suddenly in 2019. She owed $5,727 on the home with the limestone trim she acquired from her father, who passed in 2008.